Top ten reasons why today was so great
1. Henry slept through the night last night so I woke up feeling well-rested. This is in direct contrast to yesterday morning, which succeeded the first night of Henry's first cold. He didn't sleep well and neither did we. Also, the lack of sleep Friday night doused any spark of desire we may have been fanning for a second kid.
2. Some friends that I haven't seen in a while came over for lunch.
3. Because the aforementioned friends were coming over for lunch, I had to clean the apartment.
4. Because I had to clean the apartment, I was procrastinating by watching tv and discovered a program on PBS about the legend of Amazon warrior women. It was really interesting.
5. Because Megan and I are totally mentally connected, she called right after I had cleaned the bathroom but before I had vacuumed, thus helping me procrastinate. Really, you couldn't ask for a better friend.
6. Noshing on Christmas cookies all day. Yesterday my mom and I had our Christmas cookie-making marathon. Lots of sampling went on throughout the process, and Dave and I came home with two huge tins full that my mom laughably assumed would still have cookies in them by the end of the week. Ha!
7. Tonight is the annual viewing of "White Christmas". We bought the dvd last month to replace our old vhs copy. I can't wait to see it in widescreen. Really. I can't wait. Is that sad?
8. Steak tips and brussel sprouts for dinner while watching "White Christmas". Yum!
9. By around 2:30 our friends had left and Dave and I were faced with a free afternoon for which we had no plans. We couldn't decide what to do so we stayed in. Since the apartment was clean, our holiday shopping done, grocery shopping done, and Christmas cards mailed, there was nothing left on the to-do list for me to obsess over. I was actually able to sit back and relax and hang out with my family. It was a beautiful thing.
10. I get to resume the burning down of our advent candle.